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Frit fly on mole carcass
Copyright © 2009 Karl Hillig

Frit fly on mole carcass
Ballston Lake, southern Saratoga County, New York, USA
June 15, 2009
Size: 2-3 mm
I saw a couple of these little flies on a dead mole.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 16 June, 2009 - 7:35am
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 12:02pm

Moved
Moved from Cheese skippers and kin.
… Matthias Buck, 11 July, 2009 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Keith Bayless, 1 July, 2009 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Piophilid?
This might be a piophilid - it somewhat resembles the female of Prochyliza xanthostoma. They're often found on carrion.
… Joel Kits, 17 June, 2009 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Not sure
I don't know if it's identifiable even to family, but it might be one of these (see M. Buck's comment).
… John F. Carr, 16 June, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

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